Course Information Semester Course Code Course Title T+P+L Credit ECTS 1 03010002 Introduction to Sociology 3+0+0 6 6 Course Details Language : Turkish Level : Bachelor's Degree Department / Program : Social Work Mode of Delivery : Face to Face Type : Compulsory Objectives : To enable students to make sense of the social environment they live in on the basis of social differences and to provide students with the sociological perspective that a social worker should have on issues such as components of social structure and social change. Content : Concepts of social science and sociology; sociological thinking; the founders of sociology; contemporary thinkers who contributed to the development of sociology; social stratification, class structure and social inequalities; forms of social control; social change, development and disintegration, social role and status; modern society - post-modern society features, economy and business life under the influence of current trends and developments, basic social institutions such as family and marriage, kinship, education, by evaluating them in a broader whole. Methods & Techniques : Prerequisites and co-requisities : None Course Coordinator : None Name of Lecturers : Prof. Dr. Abdullah TOPCUOĞLU Assistants : None Work Placement(s) : No Recommended or Required Reading Resources : FICHTER, Joseph H., (2002), Sosyoloji Nedir?, (Çev. Prof.Dr. Nilgün ÇELEBİ), Anı Yayıncılık, Ankara.ZENCİRKIRAN, Memet (2020), Sosyoloji, 9. Baskı, Dora Yayınları, Bursa. Course Category Social Sciences 100% In-Term Study Informations In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage Mid-terms 1 40% Final examination 1 60% Total 2 100% Activity Informations Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load Course Duration 14 3 42 Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 3 42 Assignments 1 15 15 Presentation 1 15 15 Mid-terms 1 20 20 Practice 1 15 15 Final examination 1 20 20 Total Work Load ECTS: 6 169 Course Learning Outcomes Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to: No Learning Outcomes 1 Learns the definition and basic concepts of sociology. 2 Gains information about the development process and method of sociological thought. 3 Gains the ability to analyze the social processes experienced. 4 Gains perspective on social structure and mutual interaction between social groups. 5 Gains the ability to analyze the social processes experienced. Weekly Detailed Course Contents Week Topics 1 Meeting, course outline and introduction of the course's assessment and evaluation system, What is Sociology? The importance of sociological thinking, the place and importance of sociology in social work education 2 Basic concepts: Society, socialization, social structure, social change, social institution 3 Social structure and social relations (1): Elements of infrastructure and superstructure, social statuses and roles, social values, social norms and social control 4 Social change: Basic concepts (evolution, progress, development, change, revolution, revolution, etc.), factors affecting social change, types of social change, social development and dissolution 5 Social change: Basic concepts (evolution, progress, development, change, revolution, revolution, etc.), factors affecting social change, types of social change, social development and dissolution 6 Founders and theories of sociology (Comte, Durkheim, Marx and Weber) 7 Midterm 8 Modern Sociological Theories: Structural Functional Theory, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionist Theory, Feminist Theory 9 Social groups and group dynamics 10 Class, stratification and inequalities 11 Modernization and Postmodernity 12 Changing world (1): Digitizing life and globalization, population growth and ecological crisis 13 Changing world (2): Digitizing life and globalization, population growth and ecological crisis 14 General evaluation of the course Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes P1P2P3P4P5P6P7P8P9P10P11P12 All 53555 C1 53555 C2 53555 C3 53555 C4 53555 bbb
